(First drafted in the beginning of October, 2015.)

The Hispanics truly impress me.

Of course Spain was leading world power for over a century; & is still in the top 10 for a quality of life —

but the Spanish-speaking people have been given something otherworldly I truly love: a very passionate romantic character;

The inextinguishable, half-madd desperado – the fully-maddening, ‘seeing-red’ kaleidoscoping of the tango; & how could I forget the dreamy, infinite beauty of every Latina . . . at least that’s the way it seems . . . these erogenic, romantic lovers’ way of life is the way to be: interested in love – not war; passion – not payback; women – not wine; romance; not rape.

& This is deep in the Spanish-speaking world: the geopolitically-unifying enchantingness of Isabella The First holds to this day: a day blessed with the ridiculous pageant beauty & talent of the one & only Eva Longoria; centuries old legends of Don Juan reach around to the few lovesongs we have left of Ritchie Valens, another Latino American;

. . . – Some even say “Spain,” the word for “Spain,” comes from “the island of the bunnies” – it’s true the first Roman coin pressed there was even of a woman… with a coney ((a bunnie)) at her feet; & it seems like truly they’re all fantasmally gorgeous conejitas . . . Indescribable fairness of face, these women . . . Really thee most flourishable personalities, too; in my slice of experience —

& Those speaking the mother tongue – the language of romance; the whole culture holding the pearls of romance & seductiveness, desire & desirableness, love & lovableness, writ large, is also part of a lineage from one of our forecultures: Latin Rome; in fact Latin Rome had such a large influence that the Spanish-speaking peoples are the most populous Romance-language-speaking group living on Earth; half ‘a billion people speak Spanish, here in the world – half ‘a billion people; & this world of Spanish-speakers – her culture, her peoples, her nations, are an intimate friends of ours; a serious actor on the world’s stage, & to be not only remembered for their sapient, glorious past, but in their bright, beaming future, relished & honored.

Thank You.
J.V.